https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2Fd%2F1%2F39d59b-5285-4da2-a95d-6384c0ed14d5%2Fresize_master_cc725722adc8a3c59cd583bf6901445a.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=26676ab9fc6db7f77a382d033ae4ebe1d81a7b46&ver=1628697037'Miranui' Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon
- Description
The locomotive and tramlines, owned and operated by A & L Seifert’s Flaxmilling Company, were employed hauling trucks of flax from the Makerua swamp to the huge Miranui flaxmill, eatblished 1907. Miranui was the only mill in New Zealand to use a locomotive for hauling flax, but the engine proved too heavy for the swampy ground and was soon replaced by teams of horses.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1908
- Digitisation ID
- 2007N_Fx91_FLA_0636
- Held In
- Coolstore
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